Charles de Gaulle

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be…

In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation now it is my…

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power…

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant…

France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war…

I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them…

In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer…

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first nationalism, when hate for people…

The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs…

It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much…

The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects…

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone…

Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance…

I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge…

I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to…